Suburban Hospital opens stress training to Maryland Nurses September 26-28, 2008

Maryland Nurse, August, 2008

In response to an article published in the last issue of The Maryland Nurse ("Nurses' Stress Is Focus of Meditation Course at Suburban Hospital"), Suburban received many requests for information about stress reduction for nurses. A weekend workshop, entitled Healing the Heart and Mind: Mindfulness Meditation for Health Care Providers, will be held Friday evening through Sunday, September 26-28, 2008 at the Bolger Center in Potomac, MD.

This training, conducted by Michael J. Baime, MD, Director, Penn Program for Stress Management, will introduce mindfulness meditation through guided practice, discussion of the role of mindfulness in the clinical setting, and exercises demonstrating application of mindfulness in the patient-healer encounter. Participants will learn concrete tools to help manage stress, and cultivate presence and enhance connectedness in clinical practice. For details, contact Beverly Pierce, Director of Integrative Medicine Services at Suburban Hospital (bpierce@suburbanhospital.org or 301-896-7667).